Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in a few " in BNC.
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1 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |
2 | The elections were deemed by foreign observers to have been held without widescale irregularities , although cases were reported in a few localities . |
3 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
4 | Most of those applications were made in a few weeks . |
5 | The book was a success : 500,000 copies were sold in a few years , and it was translated into all the major European languages . |
6 | Germany 's coal reserves were huge and were concentrated in a few large fields . |
7 | If it were to happen in a few year 's time when we have the lottery money , then I think the Sutherland Collection Collection is something that anybody concerned with heritage should make the highest possible priority . |
8 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
9 | A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible . |
10 | Obviously Duncan was calling in a few debts . |
11 | As darkness made it impossible to continue , all that remained was to put in a few of the darkest reflections . |
12 | In the same year 20 per cent of the population was concentrated in a few metropolitan areas each with a population of over half a million . |
13 | All this was to change in a few explosive years of expansion in the mid-twelfth century , shortly before Richard 's birth . |